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Marty Thompson's Collection

Grateful Dead   12/03/1981

Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI
Source Nak 300's > Sony D5 > SHN > CDR
Media CDR   3 discs
Notes Grateful Dead
Dane County Colliseum
Madison WI
Dec 3, 1981

Nak 300's > Sony D5

Disc One

1st Set

Jack Straw
They Love Each Other
Me & My uncle>
Big River
Loser
C.C. Rider
Althea
Beat it on Down>
Cassidy
Deep Elem
Miracle>
Bertha

Disc Two

2nd Set

Scarlet>
Fire>
Estimated>
He's Gone>

Disc Three

2nd Set (cont)

Drums>
Truckin'>
Black Peter>
Round & Round>
Johnny B Goode

Encore

Baby Blue

SHN discs provided by Peter Gallagher
Seeded to etree by Willy
willy@junkiesplace.com

I can't believe this show is from '81. Easily the best AUD from '81 I've heard and much clearer than the SBD's from that year. Bass is weak, though...you have to crank your bass knob. It must have been weak at the show as well, b/c it gets louder toward the end of the first set. This recording couldn't have been far behind the board.

Band starts out slow (Jack Straw gets flubbed), and if it weren't for Brent ripping it open during CC Rider, I'm not sure if they would have ever turned it 'on.' Nevertheless, the rest of the show rips. A nice Deep Elem rare electric. Top 3 Truckin'. Excellent show overall.

Recording 3.5 stars (just for lack of bass in first set), performance 4 stars (for slow start). Average rating = 3.75. Overall a must-have show for '81.
Tech Notes ALL
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: 3.7
Reference / Generation 0005467690
Owned by Marty Thompson · Last Updated May 23, 2023